This is a list of members of the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...

from the elections on 5 August 1856 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858. The old unicameral, partly nominated Legislative Council was abolished on 20 March 1856. On 7 November 1856 the members of the now bicameral and fully elected

Victorian Parliament The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly and ...

were published in the ''Government Gazette''. The new Council first met in November 1856. There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province. Victorian Legislative Council provinces 1856

Victorian Legislative Council provinces 1856

:Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province. : Cruikshank resigned March 1858; replaced by

Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical ref ...

in a by-election May 1858 : Kaye was disqualified for bribery February 1857, replaced by

William Highett William Highett (1807 – 29 November 1880) was a banker, landowner and politician in colonial Victoria. He was also a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Early life Highett was born in Weymouth, Dorset, England, in December 1807. His p ...

in a by-election May 1857 : Miller resigned April 1858, replaced by

Thomas Howard Fellows Thomas Howard Fellows (October 1822 – 8 April 1878) was an English rower and an Australian politician and Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Early life in England Fellows was born at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, the son of Thomas Fel ...

in a by-election May 1858 : Previous member of an old district of unicameral Council when it was abolished in March 1856

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856-1858 Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term 19th-century Australian politicians